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The ANC's war against apartheid : Umkhonto we Sizwe and the liberation of South Africa / / Stephen R. Davis



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Autore: Davis Stephen R. <1977-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The ANC's war against apartheid : Umkhonto we Sizwe and the liberation of South Africa / / Stephen R. Davis Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2018
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Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 pages)
Disciplina: 322.420968
Soggetto topico: Anti-apartheid movements - South Africa
Government, Resistance to - South Africa
Soggetto geografico: South Africa History 1961-1994
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- A brief history of Umkhonto we Sizwe and the armed struggle -- "I am not prepared to answer at this stage" : history, evidence, and the Mamre camp, December 26-30, 1962 -- The sight of battle : visuality, history, and representations of the Wankie campaign, July 31-September 8, 1967 -- Losing the plot : mystery, narrativity, and investigation in Novo Catengue, May 1977-March 1979 -- Everyday life during wartime : experience, modes of writing, and the underground in Cape Town during the long decade of the 1980's -- Conclusion: making the struggle concrete: nationalist historiography at Freedom Park.
Sommario/riassunto: For nearly three decades, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), waged a violent revolutionary struggle against the apartheid state in South Africa. Stephen Davis works with extensive oral testimonies and the heroic myths that were constructed after 1994 to offer a new history of this armed movement. Davis deftly addresses the histories that reinforce the legitimacy of the ANC as a ruling party, its longstanding entanglement with the South African Communist Party, and efforts to consolidate a single narrative of struggle and renewal in concrete museums and memorials. Davis shows that the history of MK is more complicated and ambiguous than previous laudatory accounts would have us believe, and in doing so he discloses the contradictions of the liberation struggle as well as its political manifestations.
Titolo autorizzato: The ANC's war against apartheid  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-253-03230-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910795556803321
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